GRE Word List
ATROCITY
a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation
The meaning of the word atrocity is a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| passe | past one's prime |
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| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |