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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| lax | loose |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |