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 |
|---|---|
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| antecede | precede |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| progeny | descendants |