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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|---|---|
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| exude | to ooze out |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
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| ancillary | subordinate |
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| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
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