GRE Word List
PITTANCE
a small portion, amount, or allowance
The meaning of the word pittance is a small portion, amount, or allowance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| headlong | headfirst |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| scourge | whip |
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| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |