GRE Word List
REPROBATE
an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel
The meaning of the word reprobate is an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |