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 |
|---|---|
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |