GRE Word List
OPPROBRIUM
something that brings disgrace
The meaning of the word opprobrium is something that brings disgrace.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
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| document | proof |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| chafe | irritate |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |