GRE Word List
SCURRILOUS
using or given to coarse language
The meaning of the word scurrilous is using or given to coarse language.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |