GRE vocabulary
nettle
to irritate or annoy
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Common questions
Questions about “nettle”
Nettle (verb) means to irritate or annoy
Here is nettle used in an example sentence: "The reporter's persistent questions clearly nettled the senator."
Common synonyms for nettle include irritate, vex, provoke.
Antonyms of nettle include soothe, calm, placate.
Nettle is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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