GRE Word List
ACERBITY
the quality of being acerbic
The meaning of the word acerbity is the quality of being acerbic.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| clown | farmer |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |