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 |
|---|---|
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |