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 |
|---|---|
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |