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 |
|---|---|
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| forebears | ancestor |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |