GRE Word List
ACETIC
vinegary
The meaning of the word acetic is vinegary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |