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 |
|---|---|
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |