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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WordMeaning
pallto lose strength or effectiveness
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
alludeto make indirect reference
retainto keep in possession or use
chorusa company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action
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inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
deviouswandering