GRE Word List
ABUSIVE
using harsh, insulting language
The meaning of the word abusive is using harsh, insulting language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| eventual | contingent |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| effete | no longer fertile |