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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| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |