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 |
|---|---|
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| devious | wandering |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |