GRE Word List
TRIFLE
something of little value, substance, or importance
The meaning of the word trifle is something of little value, substance, or importance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |