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 |
|---|---|
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| sophist | philosopher |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |