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 |
|---|---|
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| retiring | reserved |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |