GRE Word List

VENDETTA

blood feud

The meaning of the word vendetta is blood feud.

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blasphemythe act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God
reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
protegeone who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
miserlyof, relating to, or characteristic of a miser
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
reminiscenceapprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence
fulcrumprop
aplombcomplete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
culverta transverse drain