GRE Word List
ACRIMONIOUS
angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner
The meaning of the word acrimonious is angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |