GRE Word List
INORDINATE
exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
The meaning of the word inordinate is exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |