GRE Word List

THREADBARE

having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby

The meaning of the word threadbare is having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby.

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duressforcible restraint or restriction
ignoblecharacterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
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categoricalabsolute
whitthe smallest part or particle imaginable : bit
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