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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tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
sledge | sledgehammer |
polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
tanner | one that tans hides |
emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |