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.

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WordMeaning
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
foregoto go before : precede
eugenicrelating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
scoretwenty
vortexsomething that resembles a whirlpool
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
commemorateto call to remembrance
histrionicdeliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
pulsethe regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past