GRE Word List
EGREGIOUS
conspicuous
The meaning of the word egregious is conspicuous.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| nourishment | food |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| puerile | juvenile |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |