GRE Word List
DIATRIBE
a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing
The meaning of the word diatribe is a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |