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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| Word | Meaning |
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| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| intermediary | mediator |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| comestible | edible |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |