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
disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
impartto give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
betokento typify beforehand : presage
discriminatingmaking a distinction : distinguishing
privyprivate
tawdrycheap and gaudy in appearance or quality
saboteurone that practices sabotage
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
medleya musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces