GRE Word List
RESENTMENT
a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
The meaning of the word resentment is a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
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