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 |
|---|---|
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |