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 |
|---|---|
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| overwhelm | upset |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |