GRE Word List
ABUSIVE
using harsh, insulting language
The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| nourishment | food |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |