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 |
|---|---|
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |