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 |
|---|---|
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| demure | reserved |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |