GRE Word List
INORDINATE
exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
The meaning of the word inordinate is exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |