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
neophytea new convert : proselyte
forwardnear, being at, or belonging to the forepart
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
drivelnonsense
sobernot intoxicated
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
woea condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief
garnerto gather into storage
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
proletariana member of the proletariat