GRE Word List
TIGHTWAD
a close or miserly person
The meaning of the word tightwad is a close or miserly person.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| reverie | daydream |
| reverberate | reflect |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |