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 |
|---|---|
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| exude | to ooze out |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |