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 |
|---|---|
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| postulate | demand |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |