GRE Word List
DEROGATORY
expressive of a low opinion : disparaging
The meaning of the word derogatory is expressive of a low opinion : disparaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| violate | break |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| mendicant | beggar |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
