GRE Word List
OPPROBRIUM
something that brings disgrace
The meaning of the word opprobrium is something that brings disgrace.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |