GRE Word List

VENDETTA

blood feud

The meaning of the word vendetta is blood feud.

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subpoenaa writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure
incumbentthe holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
extolto praise highly : glorify
vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction
odiousarousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful
consonantbeing in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord
marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
permeablecapable of being permeated : penetrable
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