GRE Word List
INVECTIVE
insulting or abusive language : vituperation
The meaning of the word invective is insulting or abusive language : vituperation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| whittle | a large knife |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| fleck | streak |