GRE Word List
VEX
to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to
The meaning of the word vex is to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| junket | trip |