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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benefitsomething that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage
distantseparated in space : away
menacea show of intention to inflict harm : threat
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
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expatiateto move about freely or at will : wander
epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
chorusa company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action
exhaleto rise or be given off as vapor