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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| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| docile | easily taught |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |