GRE Word List
ENORMITY
hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous
The meaning of the word enormity is hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke |
| pedantic | bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry |
| accrue | come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrual |
| crust | hard outer covering (as of earth or snow) |
| unaccountable | unexplicable; impossible to account for; unreasonable or mysterious |
| reprimand | reprove severely; rebuke; N. |
| divest | strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment) |
| rationalize | make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable ones; N. rationalization |
| delineate | portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation |
| lechery | gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man |
