GRE Word List
HEINOUS
hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable
The meaning of the word heinous is hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| sleek | slick |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |