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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commandeerto compel to perform military service
abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
embroilto throw into disorder or confusion
onerousinvolving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome
skimpskimpy
barragea dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
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stammerto make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle