GRE Word List
NEFARIOUS
flagrantly wicked or impious : evil
The meaning of the word nefarious is flagrantly wicked or impious : evil.
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| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
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| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
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| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |