GRE Word List
ABUSIVE
using harsh, insulting language
The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |