GRE Word List
SCURRILOUS
using or given to coarse language
The meaning of the word scurrilous is using or given to coarse language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| delve | excavate |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |