GRE Word List
OBLOQUY
a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language
The meaning of the word obloquy is a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| whittle | a large knife |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |