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 |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| clown | farmer |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |