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
sledgesledgehammer
cadencethe beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity
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progenydescendants
bleakexposed and barren and often windswept
piousmarked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
inclementlacking mildness: such as
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martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion