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 |
|---|---|
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |