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 |
|---|---|
| tome | book |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| mischance | bad luck |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |