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 |
|---|---|
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |