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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |