GRE Word List
EGREGIOUS
conspicuous
The meaning of the word egregious is conspicuous.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| victuals | food usable by people |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |