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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| Word | Meaning |
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| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
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| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |