GRE Word List
SLUR
an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion
The meaning of the word slur is an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| microcosm | a little world |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |