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 |
|---|---|
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |