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 |
|---|---|
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| overwhelm | upset |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |