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 |
|---|---|
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |