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.

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motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
rotundmarked by roundness : rounded
angularforming an angle : sharp-cornered
derangedmentally unsound : crazy
transcendentexceeding usual limits : surpassing
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
forswearto make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath
palliateto reduce the violence of (a disease)
floweryof, relating to, or resembling flowers
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting