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
loftyelevated in character and spirit : noble
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
decreean order usually having the force of law
lividdiscolored by bruising : black-and-blue
flightyswift
imputeto lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
plumagethe feathers of a bird