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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |