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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| scion | descendant |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |