GRE Word List

VENDETTA

blood feud

The meaning of the word vendetta is blood feud.

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missilecapable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object
visagethe face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
triviaunimportant matters : trivial facts or details
amissin a mistaken way : wrongly
indubitabletoo evident to be doubted : unquestionable
aplombcomplete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise
foiblethe part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point
ratiocinationthe process of exact thinking : reasoning