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 |
|---|---|
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |