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 |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |