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 |
|---|---|
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| forebears | ancestor |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |