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 |
|---|---|
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| regime | regimen |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| junket | trip |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |