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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| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
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| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |