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 |
|---|---|
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |