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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| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
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| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
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