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 |
|---|---|
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| impoverish | to make poor |