GRE Word List
BIGOTRY
stubborn intolerance
The meaning of the word bigotry is stubborn intolerance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chicanery | trickery; deception |
| dilate | expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject) |
| onslaught | vicious assault; fierce attack; Ex. unexpected onslaught of the enemy |
| bowdlerize | expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler |
| reproach | blame (not angrily but sadly); express disapproval or disappointment; N. ADJ. reproachful |
| glaring | (of something bad) highly conspicuous; harshly bright; shining intensely and blindingly |
| titular | of a title; in name only; nominal; having the title of an office without the obligations; Ex. titular head of the company |
| magnanimity | generosity; ADJ. magnanimous: generous |
| galvanize | stimulate or shock by an electric current; stimulate by shock; shock into action; stir up; coat with rust-resistant zinc by using electricity |
| tension | stretching; condition of being stretched; mental strain; strained relationship between groups or people |
