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 |
|---|---|
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
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| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| lax | loose |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
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| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |