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 |
|---|---|
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| forte | one's strong point |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |