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 |
|---|---|
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| monotony | tedious sameness |