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
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adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
pending | during |
bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |