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 |
|---|---|
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| ramification | branch |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |