GRE Word List
EXECRABLE
deserving to be execrated : detestable
The meaning of the word execrable is deserving to be execrated : detestable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| motley | variegated in color |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |