GRE Word List
EGREGIOUS
conspicuous
The meaning of the word egregious is conspicuous.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |