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 |
|---|---|
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| coin | corner |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |