GRE Word List
ABUSIVE
using harsh, insulting language
The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| douse | to plunge into water |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |