GRE Word List
GRIEVANCE
a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance
The meaning of the word grievance is a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance.
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|---|---|
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| puerile | juvenile |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |