GRE Word List
TRIFLING
lacking in significance or solid worth: such as
The meaning of the word trifling is lacking in significance or solid worth: such as.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
impolitic | not politic : unwise |
ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
brisk | keenly alert : lively |
parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |