GRE Word List
ABUSIVE
using harsh, insulting language
The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |