GRE Word List
PAUCITY
smallness of number : fewness
The meaning of the word paucity is smallness of number : fewness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| appease | pacify |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |