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 |
|---|---|
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| parlance | speech |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |