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 |
|---|---|
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |