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 |
|---|---|
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| acclaim | applaud |
| forebears | ancestor |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| lax | loose |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |