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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| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |