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 |
|---|---|
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| imbue | endow |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |