GRE Word List
INFAMOUS
having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
The meaning of the word infamous is having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |