GRE Word List
ACETIC
vinegary
The meaning of the word acetic is vinegary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| cohorts | companion |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |