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 |
|---|---|
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| calculated | apt |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |