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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WordMeaning
acquiesceto accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
diminutionthe act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease
vehementmarked by forceful energy : powerful
dubiousunsettled in opinion : doubtful
decoya pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture
quivera case for carrying or holding arrows
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
carata unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy
ameliorateto make better or more tolerable