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 |
|---|---|
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |