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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| devious | wandering |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |