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 |
|---|---|
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |