GRE Word List

RECRIMINATION

a retaliatory accusation

The meaning of the word recrimination is a retaliatory accusation.

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WordMeaning
fledglinga young bird just fledged (see fledge
apathylack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness
invectiveinsulting or abusive language : vituperation
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
propitiateto gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
slacknot using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
wiggleto move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle
hazardousinvolving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm)