GRE Word List
OPPROBRIUM
something that brings disgrace
The meaning of the word opprobrium is something that brings disgrace.
Random words
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impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
residual | remainder |
sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |