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 |
|---|---|
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |