GRE Word List
NOTORIETY
the quality or state of being notorious
The meaning of the word notoriety is the quality or state of being notorious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| brook | creek |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| seemly | good-looking |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |