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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| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |