GRE Word List
INORDINATE
exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
The meaning of the word inordinate is exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| ploy | escapade |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |