GRE Word List
REVILE
to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate
The meaning of the word revile is to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |