GRE Word List
DEROGATORY
expressive of a low opinion : disparaging
The meaning of the word derogatory is expressive of a low opinion : disparaging.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |