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 |
|---|---|
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |