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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|---|---|
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
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| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
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| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |