GRE Word List
PALTRY
inferior
The meaning of the word paltry is inferior.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |