GRE Word List
INVECTIVE
insulting or abusive language : vituperation
The meaning of the word invective is insulting or abusive language : vituperation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
