GRE Word List
VILE
morally despicable or abhorrent
The meaning of the word vile is morally despicable or abhorrent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |