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.

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levityexcessive or unseemly frivolity
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disheveledmarked by disorder or disarray
qualmsa feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
compassionsympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
contentiouslikely to cause disagreement or argument
ligneousof or resembling wood
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