GRE Word List
ACETIC
vinegary
The meaning of the word acetic is vinegary.
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| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |