GRE Word List
ABUSIVE
using harsh, insulting language
The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |