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 |
|---|---|
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| foppish | foolish |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |