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 |
|---|---|
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |