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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| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
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| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
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| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| denomination | an act of denominating |