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 |
|---|---|
| queasy | causing nausea |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |