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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diligencesteady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity
veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
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superimposeto place or lay over or above something
fetishan object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner
probea slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)
flirtto move erratically : flit
trekto make one's way arduously