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 |
|---|---|
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| wanton | merciless |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |