GRE Word List
RILE
to make agitated and angry : upset
The meaning of the word rile is to make agitated and angry : upset.
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haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
frail | easily led into evil |
reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |