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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| fabricate | invent |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |