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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cognitiveof, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
claustrophobiaabnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces
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shrewdmarked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
blueof the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue
wispa small handful (as of hay or straw)
embroiderto ornament with needlework