GRE Word List
RANCOR
bitter deep-seated ill will
The meaning of the word rancor is bitter deep-seated ill will.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| fell | skin |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |