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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maroon | a dark red |
craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
ebullient | boiling |
warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |