GRE Word List
PEJORATIVE
a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation
The meaning of the word pejorative is a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| lunar | crescent |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |