GRE Word List
VITRIOLIC
bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism
The meaning of the word vitriolic is bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |