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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| fell | skin |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| trance | stupor |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| pitfall | trap |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |