GRE Word List
PITTANCE
a small portion, amount, or allowance
The meaning of the word pittance is a small portion, amount, or allowance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |