GRE Word List
TRUCULENCE
aggressiveness; ferocity; ADJ. truculent: aggressive; pugnacious; fierce
The meaning of the word truculence is aggressiveness; ferocity; ADJ. truculent: aggressive; pugnacious; fierce.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exotic | not native; from another part of the world; strange; intriguingly unusual; Ex. exotic flower/dress |
| procurement | obtaining; V. procure: obtain by effort; obtain (a prostitute) for another |
| coroner | public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes |
| circumscribe | limit; confine; draw a line around |
| loom | appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form); Ex. The shadow of the gallows loomed threateningly. N: apparatus for making thread into cloth |
| hew | cut to pieces with ax or sword; chop; N. |
| rebuke | scold harshly; criticize severely |
| imprecation | curse; swearword |
| metaphor | implied comparison; CF. simile |
| contrite | penitent; repentant; N. contrition |
