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 |
|---|---|
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |