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 |
|---|---|
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
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| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| docile | easily taught |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |