GRE Word List
ABUSIVE
using harsh, insulting language
The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |