GRE Word List
INORDINATE
exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
The meaning of the word inordinate is exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| dissension | disagreement |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |