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 |
|---|---|
| environ | encircle |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |