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 |
|---|---|
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |