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 |
|---|---|
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |