GRE Word List
VENDETTA
blood feud (esp. between two families); CF. Nina Williams
The meaning of the word vendetta is blood feud (esp. between two families); CF. Nina Williams.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| serendipity | gift for finding valuable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck; CF. The Three Princes of Serendip |
| chaplain | clergyman attached to a chapel |
| babble | chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N. |
| nominal | in name only; of a name; trifling; (of a sum of money) very small; CF. nominate: propose as a candidate; appoint |
| expatriate | exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land; V: exile; banish; leave one's country |
| monarchy | government under a single ruler |
| guise | outward appearance; costume; Ex. in a new guise |
| encipher | encode; convert a message into code; put into cipher |
| paramour | illicit lover |
| imperturbable | unshakably calm; placid |