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 |
|---|---|
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |