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 |
|---|---|
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| hortatory | hortative |