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.

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WordMeaning
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
etymologythe 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
wiggleto move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle
euphoriaa feeling of well-being or elation
emendto correct usually by textual alterations
deviouswandering
bureaucracya body of nonelected government officials
irreverencelack of reverence
amenitiessomething that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol