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 |
|---|---|
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| writ | something written : writing |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| polity | political organization |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
