GRE Word List
MORDANT
biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive
The meaning of the word mordant is biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
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| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |