GRE Word List
OFFENSIVE
making attack : aggressive
The meaning of the word offensive is making attack : aggressive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |