GRE Word List
TRIVIA
unimportant matters : trivial facts or details
The meaning of the word trivia is unimportant matters : trivial facts or details.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |