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 |
|---|---|
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| verge | brink |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |