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 |
|---|---|
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| demure | reserved |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |