GRE Word List
PAUCITY
smallness of number : fewness
The meaning of the word paucity is smallness of number : fewness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lax | loose |
| sheer | unqualified |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| slaughter | the act of killing |