GRE Word List
SORDID
marked by baseness or grossness : vile
The meaning of the word sordid is marked by baseness or grossness : vile.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
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| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
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| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
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