GRE Word List
VENDETTA
blood feud
The meaning of the word vendetta is blood feud.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| betray | to lead astray |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| conscientious | meticulous |