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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| Word | Meaning |
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| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |