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 |
|---|---|
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |