GRE Word List

REVILE

to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate

The meaning of the word revile is to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate.

Random words

WordMeaning
direexciting horror
pusillanimouslacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
uniformitythe quality or state of being uniform
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
rostera roll or list of personnel
disconcertto throw into confusion
oblivionthe fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea