GRE Word List
ACETIC
vinegary
The meaning of the word acetic is vinegary.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| contest | strive |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |