GRE Word List
OPPROBRIUM
something that brings disgrace
The meaning of the word opprobrium is something that brings disgrace.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |