GRE Word List
ABUSIVE
using harsh, insulting language
The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| delve | excavate |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |