GRE Word List
PUNY
slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak
The meaning of the word puny is slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |