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 |
|---|---|
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| nourishment | food |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |