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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WordMeaning
frolicsomefull of gaiety : playful
parablea usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
disparitya noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity
overbearingtending to overwhelm : overpowering
propellantcapable of propelling
dyslexiaa variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
muddleto make turbid or muddy
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
obloquya strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language