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 |
|---|---|
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |