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GRE - 3
Invective
noun
insulting, abusive, or highly critical language.
“he let out a stream of invective”
Similar:
abuse
insults
vituperation
expletives
swear words
swearing
curses
bad language
foul language
denunciation
censure
revilement
vilification
castigation
recrimination
reproach
reproval
admonition
tongue-lashing
contumely
billingsgate
obloquy
Opposite:
praise
scum
noun
noun:scum
a layer of dirt or froth on the surface of a liquid.
“green scum found on stagnant pools”
Similar:
film
layer
covering
froth
foam
suds
dross
dirt
INFORMAL
a worthless or contemptible person or group of people.
“you drug dealers arethe scum of the earth”
Hullabloo
a commotion; a fuss.
“remember all the hullabaloo over the golf ball?”
Similar:
fuss
commotion
Foray
noun
a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid.
“the garrison made a foray against Richard’s camp”
Similar:
raid
attack
Avuncular
adjective
1.
kind and friendly towards a younger or less experienced person.
“he was avuncular, reassuring, and trustworthy
Pummel
verb
strike repeatedly with the fists.
“he felt like a boxer who had been pummelled mercilessly against the ropes”
Similar:
batter
pound
rain blows on
belabour
drub
hammer
punch
beat
strike
hit
thump
thrash
bang
welt
crack
whack
thwack
bash
clobber
wallop
belt
tan
biff
bop
lay into
pitch into
lace into
let someone have it
sock
lam
whomp
stick one on
slosh
boff
bust
slug
light into
whale
dong
quilt
smite
swinge
Congenial
adjective
(of a person) pleasing or liked on account of having qualities or interests that are similar to one’s own.
“his need for some congenial company”
Similar:
like-minded
compatible
of a thing) pleasant or agreeable because suited to one’s taste or inclination.
“he went back to a climate morecongenial tohis cold stony soul”
Similar:
pleasant
Imminent
about to happen.
“they were in imminent danger of being swept away”
Similar:
impending
at hand
Harbingers
noun
plural noun:harbingers
a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.
“witch hazels are the harbingers of spring”
Similar:
herald
sign
indicator
indication
signal
prelude
portent
omen
augury
forewarning
presage
announcer
forerunner
precursor
messenger
usher
avant-courier
foretoken
a forerunner of something.
“these works were not yet opera but they were the most important harbinger of opera
Prophetic
adjective
1.
accurately predicting what will happen in the future.
“his warnings proved prophetic”
2.
relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
“the prophetic books of the Old Testament”
Similar:
prescient
predictive
prophetical
far-seeing
prognostic
divinatory
oracular
sibylline
apocalyptic
fateful
revelatory
inspired
vatic
mantic
vaticinal
vaticinatory
prognosticative
augural
adumbrative
fatidic
fatidical
Rife
rife
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adjective
(especially of something undesirable) of common occurrence; widespread.
“male chauvinism was rife in medicine”
Similar:
widespread
general
Prosaic
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adjective
having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality.
“prosaic language can’t convey the experience”
Similar:
unimaginative
uninspired
matter-of-fact
dull
dry
humdrum
mundane
pedestrian
heavy
plodding
lifeless
dead
spiritless
lacklustre
undistinguished
stale
jejune
bland
insipid
vapid
vacuous
banal
hackneyed
trite
literal
factual
unpoetic
unemotional
unsentimental
clear
plain
unadorned
unembellished
unvarnished
monotonous
deadpan
flat
Opposite:
imaginative
inspired
commonplace; unromantic.
“the masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns”
Similar:
ordinary
everyday
counterproductive
having the opposite of the desired effect.
“child experts fear the Executive’s plans may prove counterproductive”
trifling
unimportant or trivial.
“a trifling sum”
Similar:
trivial
unimportant
insignificant
inconsequential
petty
minor
of little/no account
of little/no consequence
not worth mentioning
not worth bothering about
light
footling
fiddling
pettifogging
incidental
frivolous
silly
idle
superficial
small
tiny
inconsiderable
nominal
negligible
nugatory
minute
minuscule
paltry
derisory
pitiful
pathetic
miserable
piffling
piddling
measly
mingy
poxy
picayune
nickel-and-dime
small-bore
dinky
exiguous
Opposite:
important
serious
considerable
Impasse
a situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement; a deadlock.
“the current political impasse”
Similar:
deadlock
dead end
stalemate
