GRE Word List

PALTRY

inferior

The meaning of the word paltry is inferior.

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WordMeaning
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
asepticpreventing infection
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
diffidencethe quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident
retaliateto return like for like
bereavedsuffering the death of a loved one
shuffleto mix in a mass confusedly : jumble
sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
assertto state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread