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

WordMeaning
tickleto touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
burgeonto send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
glossarya collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings
porouspossessing or full of pores
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
chauvinistan attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
dazeto stupefy especially by a blow : stun