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 |
|---|---|
| wont | accustomed |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| dint | force |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| natal | native |