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 |
|---|---|
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |