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 |
|---|---|
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| imbue | endow |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| pundit | pandit |