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 |
|---|---|
| natal | native |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |