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 |
|---|---|
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |