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 |
|---|---|
| convention | agreement |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| fuddle | booze |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |