GRE Word List

OPPROBRIUM

something that brings disgrace

The meaning of the word opprobrium is something that brings disgrace.

Random words

WordMeaning
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
wrathstrong vengeful anger or indignation
adroithaving or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
unfrockdefrock
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
shavingthe act of one that shaves