GRE Word List

PALTRY

inferior

The meaning of the word paltry is inferior.

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interjectionan ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
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recastto cast again
inadvertentlyunintentional
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reminiscenceapprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence