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 |
|---|---|
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| reek | smoke |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| braid | to make from braids |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |