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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| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |