GRE Word List
OPPROBRIUM
something that brings disgrace
The meaning of the word opprobrium is something that brings disgrace.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| swill | wash |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |