GRE Word List
VITRIOLIC
causing sharp pain to the mind; caustic; corrosive; sarcastic; of vitriol; N. vitriol: sulphuric acid (which burns flesh deeply); bitterly abusive expression; caustic expression; CF. glass
The meaning of the word vitriolic is causing sharp pain to the mind; caustic; corrosive; sarcastic; of vitriol; N. vitriol: sulphuric acid (which burns flesh deeply); bitterly abusive expression; caustic expression; CF. glass.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eventual | happening at last as a result; Ex. eventual victory |
| arbitrate | act as judge (at the request of both sides) |
| nova | star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness |
| luminary | celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary; object that gives light (as a celestial body) |
| plenitude | abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; CF. plenary, plenty |
| invoke | call and bring into use (a right or law); call on/upon (a higher power or god) for help; ask for; beg for; conjure (a spirit); Ex. invoke the veto power; Ex. invoke one's advisor/God |
| corporeal | bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible |
| opprobrium | infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; Ex. opprobrium hurled against him; ADJ. opprobrious: expressing contempt; shameful or infamous |
| brackish | somewhat saline |
| ascendancy | controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant |