GRE Word List
ENORMITY
an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act
The meaning of the word enormity is an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |