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 |
|---|---|
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
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| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |