GRE Word List
ABUSIVE
using harsh, insulting language
The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |