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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dire | exciting horror |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |