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 |
|---|---|
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| niggle | trifle |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |