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 |
|---|---|
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| kismet | fate |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |