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 |
|---|---|
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| enduring | lasting |
| throes | pang |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |