GRE Word List
VENDETTA
blood feud
The meaning of the word vendetta is blood feud.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
tout | to make much of : promote |
enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |