GRE Word List
VITRIOLIC
bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism
The meaning of the word vitriolic is bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irate | roused to ire |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |