GRE Word List
PETTY
trivial; unimportant; very small; small-minded; petty-minded
The meaning of the word petty is trivial; unimportant; very small; small-minded; petty-minded.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| degenerate | become worse in quality; deteriorate; ADJ: having become worse; Ex. a degenerate species; N: depraved or corrupt person |
| advocacy | support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something |
| remunerative | (of work) compensating; rewarding; profitable; well-paid; V. remunerate: reward; pay (someone) for work or trouble |
| fluster | confuse; make nervous and confused; N. |
| infantile | childish; infantlike |
| defeatist | resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism |
| coalesce | combine; fuse; N. coalescence |
| thrive | prosper; flourish |
| retard | delay (in development); ADJ. retarded: (as of a child) slower in development |
| internecine | mutually destructive |