GRE Word List

VENDETTA

blood feud

The meaning of the word vendetta is blood feud.

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primordialfirst created or developed : primeval
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
repudiateto refuse to accept
rotundmarked by roundness : rounded
marshala high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces
intimidateto make timid or fearful : frighten
catharsispurification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art
veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
adornto enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects