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
afflictiona cause of persistent pain or distress
temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
destitutelacking something needed or desirable
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
proteanof or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms
swaggerto conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
befuddleto muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink
vampirethe reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep
leveea reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed