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 |
|---|---|
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |