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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| privy | private |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| libido | instinctual 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 |
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |