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 |
|---|---|
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |