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 |
|---|---|
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| amend | to put right |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |