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 |
|---|---|
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| stench | stink |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| nomenclature | name |