GRE Word List

BAIT

to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks

The meaning of the word bait is to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks.

Random words

WordMeaning
avengeto take vengeance for or on behalf of
alludeto make indirect reference
prefigureto show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
arcaneknown or knowable only to a few people : secret
waftto move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium
perfunctorycharacterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical
eccentricitythe quality or state of being eccentric
cubiclea sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
invocationthe act or process of petitioning for help or support