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 |
|---|---|
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |