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 |
|---|---|
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |