GRE Word List
PETTY
having secondary rank or importance : minor
The meaning of the word petty is having secondary rank or importance : minor.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |