GRE Word List
ABERRATION
the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
The meaning of the word aberration is the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |