GRE Word List
RANCOR
bitter deep-seated ill will
The meaning of the word rancor is bitter deep-seated ill will.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |