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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imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
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fanaticismfanatic outlook or behavior
engageto offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end
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elaborationplanned or carried out with great care
archipelagoan expanse of water with many scattered islands
didacticdesigned or intended to teach
contrivancea thing contrived
maculatedmarked with spots : blotched