GRE Word List
CHAGRIN
annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride)
The meaning of the word chagrin is annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parsimony | stinginess; excessive frugality; ADJ. parsimonious |
| demean | disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave |
| saunter | stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly; N. |
| subservient | behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious; subordinate; N. subservience |
| polemic | attack or defense of an opinion; controversy or refutation; argument in support of point of view; N. polemics: art of debate or controversy |
| dainty | delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress |
| blunt | having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| frolicsome | prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky |
| apogee | highest point; the point farthest from the earth; OP. perigee |
