GRE Word List
VILE
morally despicable or abhorrent
The meaning of the word vile is morally despicable or abhorrent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| plane | airplane |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |