GRE Word List

TRIVIA

unimportant matters : trivial facts or details

The meaning of the word trivia is unimportant matters : trivial facts or details.

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patinaa usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color
polemicalof, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
reprisala retaliatory act
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
frugalitythe quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift
mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform
alloythe degree of mixture with base metals : fineness
stocka store or supply accumulated or available
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
pastichea literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work