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 |
|---|---|
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| colloquy | conversation |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |