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.

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interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
misadventuremisfortune
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
longevitya long duration of individual life
solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
braggadocioempty boasting
initiateto cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
yokea wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
appallto overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay