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 |
|---|---|
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |