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.

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WordMeaning
complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
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augustmarked by majestic dignity or grandeur
slewa large number
renounceto give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration
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flippantlacking proper respect or seriousness
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness
unexceptionablenot open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable