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 |
|---|---|
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |