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   Vex

   /veks/

   

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters: "the memory of the conversation still vexed him"
   • ▪ cause distress to: "thou shalt not vex a stranger"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French vexer, from Latin vexare ‘shake, disturb’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vexer noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

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