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 |
|---|---|
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |