GRE Word List
INORDINATE
exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
The meaning of the word inordinate is exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| drivel | nonsense |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |