GRE Word List
ABUSIVE
using harsh, insulting language
The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |