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 |
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| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
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| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |