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 |
|---|---|
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |