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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meander | a winding path or course |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |