GRE Word List

INORDINATE

exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate

The meaning of the word inordinate is exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate.

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WordMeaning
acousticsa science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound
cloistera monastic establishment
perturbto cause to be worried or upset : disquiet
contemptthe act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
buxomvigorously or healthily plump
juxtaposeto place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma
contendto strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water