GRE Word List
VENDETTA
blood feud
The meaning of the word vendetta is blood feud.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| engender | beget |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |