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 |
|---|---|
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| pugilist | fighter |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |