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 |
|---|---|
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |