GRE Word List
ABUSIVE
using harsh, insulting language
The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| clown | farmer |
| shack | hut |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| quisling | traitor |