GRE Word List

PALTRY

inferior

The meaning of the word paltry is inferior.

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WordMeaning
portendto give an omen or anticipatory sign of
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
kindredof a similar nature or character : like
parasitean organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
paritythe quality or state of being equal or equivalent
treadto step or walk on or over
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
saccharineof, relating to, or resembling that of sugar
projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)