GRE Word List

PAUCITY

smallness of number : fewness

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

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epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
irresoluteuncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating
mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
disparatemarkedly distinct in quality or character
charlatanquack
hegemonypreponderant influence or authority over others : domination
alludeto make indirect reference
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
presumptuousoverstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties