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 |
|---|---|
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |