GRE Word List
SEVERITY
the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh
The meaning of the word severity is the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| retribution | recompense |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| provident | frugal |
| demerit | offense |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |