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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| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |