GRE Word List
DECRY
express strong disapproval of; condemn openly (something dangerous to the public); disparage; Ex. decry the violence of modern films
The meaning of the word decry is express strong disapproval of; condemn openly (something dangerous to the public); disparage; Ex. decry the violence of modern films.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| executive | person having administrative authority; one branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to executing |
| hothead | person who does things too quickly without thinking; ADJ. hotheaded |
| anguish | acute pain; extreme suffering |
| stygian | unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead |
| lineage | descent; ancestry |
| temper | moderate; make less severe; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel) as by alternate heating and cooling |
| filial | pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter; Ex. filial respect |
| miscreant | wretch; wrongdoer; villain; Ex. kindness to the miscreant; CF. believe |
| sophistry | seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning; sophism |
| malady | illness |
