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 |
|---|---|
| progeny | descendants |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |