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 |
|---|---|
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| writ | something written : writing |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |