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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| Word | Meaning |
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| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| gyroscope | a 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 |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |