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 |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |