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 |
|---|---|
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| politic | political |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |