GRE Word List
SKINFLINT
a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
The meaning of the word skinflint is a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| upright | perpendicular |
| espouse | marry |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |