GRE Word List
PAUCITY
smallness of number : fewness
The meaning of the word paucity is smallness of number : fewness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| arid | excessively dry |