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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WordMeaning
incidentalbeing likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence
ecclesiasticecclesiastical
scuttlea shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
impietythe quality or state of being impious : irreverence
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
adherentone who adheres to something: such as
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
rationalhaving reason or understanding
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)