GRE Word List
SCANTY
limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent
The meaning of the word scanty is limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| cursive | running |
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |