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 |
|---|---|
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |