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 |
|---|---|
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| approbation | commendation |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |