GRE Word List
VENDETTA
blood feud
The meaning of the word vendetta is blood feud.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
cipher | zero |
consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
descry | to catch sight of |
resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |