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 |
|---|---|
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |