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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| unfrock | defrock |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| broach | brooch |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |