GRE Word List
CENSORIOUS
marked by or given to censure (see censure
The meaning of the word censorious is marked by or given to censure (see censure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| diadem | crown |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |