GRE Word List
UMBRAGE
a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult
The meaning of the word umbrage is a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult.
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |