GRE Word List
WRETCH
a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune
The meaning of the word wretch is a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune.
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Word | Meaning |
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mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
founder | one that founds or establishes |
reek | smoke |