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 |
|---|---|
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| sentinel | sentry |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |