GRE Word List
ABUSIVE
using harsh, insulting language
The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| imbibe | drink |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |