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 |
|---|---|
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| sheer | unqualified |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
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