GRE Word List

VENDETTA

blood feud

The meaning of the word vendetta is blood feud.

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culinaryof or relating to the kitchen or cookery
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
insomniaprolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
opiatean alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance
fraughtfull of or accompanied by something specified
assayto analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components
mosaica surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns
verbalizeto express something in words
piquantengagingly provocative
jocularsaid or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful