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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |