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 |
|---|---|
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |