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 |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |