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 |
|---|---|
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| privy | private |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |