GRE Word List
VITUPERATIVE
uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
The meaning of the word vituperative is uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |