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 |
|---|---|
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| encumber | weigh down |