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 |
|---|---|
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| minuscule | very small |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |