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 |
|---|---|
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |