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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| regime | regimen |
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| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
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| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |