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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WordMeaning
comportto be fitting : accord
prosperousauspicious
piebaldcomposed of incongruous parts
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
fruitfulyielding or producing fruit
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
incidentalbeing likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence
inceptionan act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement
isthmusa narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas