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 |
|---|---|
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |