GRE Word List
OFFENSIVE
making attack : aggressive
The meaning of the word offensive is making attack : aggressive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| nurture | training |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |