GRE vocabulary
jeremiad
a long, mournful complaint or lamentation, often a list of woes
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Jeremiad (noun) means a long, mournful complaint or lamentation, often a list of woes
Here is jeremiad used in an example sentence: "His annual jeremiad about the decline of manners filled the whole dinner."
Common synonyms for jeremiad include lamentation, complaint, tirade.
Antonyms of jeremiad include paean, celebration.
Jeremiad is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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