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 |
|---|---|
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |