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 |
|---|---|
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| retiring | reserved |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |