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 |
|---|---|
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| quarry | game |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| nourishment | food |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |