GRE Word List
OBLOQUY
a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language
The meaning of the word obloquy is a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| pungent | sharply painful |