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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WordMeaning
slackento make less active : slow up
paraphrasea restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
disparageto depreciate (see depreciate
seduceto persuade to disobedience or disloyalty
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
genrea category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content
wantonmerciless
nonplusa state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about