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 |
|---|---|
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |