GRE Word List
TIGHTWAD
a close or miserly person
The meaning of the word tightwad is a close or miserly person.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| drivel | nonsense |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |