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 |
|---|---|
| enhance | heighten |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
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| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |