GRE Word List
FLAGRANT
conspicuously offensive
The meaning of the word flagrant is conspicuously offensive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cursive | running |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| lewd | obscene |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |