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 |
|---|---|
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| mischance | bad luck |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |