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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WordMeaning
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
voyeursomeone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
genteelhaving an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish
appraiseto set a value on : to estimate the amount of
accessoryan object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air