GRE Word List
OFFENSIVE
making attack : aggressive
The meaning of the word offensive is making attack : aggressive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| score | twenty |