GRE Word List
ACETIC
vinegary
The meaning of the word acetic is vinegary.
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compulsive | having power to compel |
ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |