GRE Word List
INORDINATE
exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
The meaning of the word inordinate is exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| betray | to lead astray |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |