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 |
|---|---|
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |