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 |
|---|---|
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| trance | stupor |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |