GRE Word List
PALTRY
inferior
The meaning of the word paltry is inferior.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |