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 |
|---|---|
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| veracious | truthful |