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 |
|---|---|
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| imbibe | drink |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |