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 |
|---|---|
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |