GRE Word List

ABUSIVE

using harsh, insulting language

The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.

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WordMeaning
accrueto come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
concisemarked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
materialisma 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
verisimilarhaving the appearance of truth : probable
delveexcavate
mockto treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
sporadicoccurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances
precipitousprecipitate
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable