GRE Word List
OUTRAGE
an act of violence or brutality
The meaning of the word outrage is an act of violence or brutality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |