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 |
|---|---|
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| acetic | vinegary |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |