GRE Word List

VENDETTA

blood feud

The meaning of the word vendetta is blood feud.

Random words

WordMeaning
incommodiousnot commodious : inconvenient
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis
battaliona considerable body of troops organized to act together : army
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
tossto throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk
scorchto burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture
paritythe quality or state of being equal or equivalent
muddleto make turbid or muddy
resortone that affords aid or refuge : resource