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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| bulk | magnitude |
| portly | dignified |