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.
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gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
ordain | to invest (see invest |
rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |