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 |
|---|---|
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |