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 |
|---|---|
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| garnish | decorate |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |