GRE Word List
EGREGIOUS
notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
The meaning of the word egregious is notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commonplace | ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark |
| surfeit | satiate; feed or supply to excess; stuff; indulge to excess in anything; N: surfeiting; excessive amount; Ex. surfeit of food |
| invalid | one incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness; ADJ: incapacitated by illness; not valid; null; V: allow to leave (a military force) because of ill-health |
| windfall | fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event |
| query | inquiry; question; V. |
| elusive | evasive; not frank; baffling; hard to grasp, catch, or understand; V. elude: escape from; escape the understanding or grasp of; Ex. elude the hunter; Ex. His name eludes me. |
| inherent | firmly established by nature or habit; intrinsic |
| scabbard | case for a sword blade; sheath |
| climactic | relating to the highest point; N. climax; CF. climatic |
| sonnet | 14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern |
