GRE Word List
SORDID
marked by baseness or grossness : vile
The meaning of the word sordid is marked by baseness or grossness : vile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |