GRE Word List

PAUCITY

smallness of number : fewness

The meaning of the word paucity is smallness of number : fewness.

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pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
malaproposin an inappropriate or inopportune way
miscreantunbelieving
fluctuateto shift back and forth uncertainly
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