GRE Word List
EGREGIOUS
conspicuous
The meaning of the word egregious is conspicuous.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |