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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
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| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
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