GRE Word List
SKIMP
skimpy
The meaning of the word skimp is skimpy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| spoof | deceive |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |