GRE vocabulary
rail
to complain bitterly or protest in harsh, abusive language
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Common questions
Questions about “rail”
Rail (verb) means to complain bitterly or protest in harsh, abusive language
Here is rail used in an example sentence: "The columnist railed against the new tax for weeks without offering any alternative."
Common synonyms for rail include rant, fulminate, inveigh, rage.
Antonyms of rail include praise, applaud.
Rail is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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