GRE Word List
TRIFLE
something of little importance or value; small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat without seriousness; flirt
The meaning of the word trifle is something of little importance or value; small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat without seriousness; flirt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilute | make (a liquid) less concentrated; reduce in strength; Ex. dilute the influence of the president |
| errant | wandering (esp. in search of adventure); straying from proper moral standards; Ex. knight-errant |
| disgruntle | make discontented |
| felicity | happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.); quality of being felicitous |
| arraign | charge in court; indict |
| eerie | weird; causing fear because strange |
| neophyte | recent convert; new member of a religious group; beginner; CF. plant |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| ordain | decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister, priest, or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination |
| stygian | unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead |