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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| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
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