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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matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
combustiblecapable of combustion
scintillateto emit sparks : spark
quotidianoccurring every day
havenharbor
ovationa 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
ameliorateto make better or more tolerable
sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful
badgerany of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere