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 |
|---|---|
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| clown | farmer |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |