GRE Word List
GLOAT
to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight
The meaning of the word gloat is to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight.
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genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
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poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |