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 |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |