GRE Word List
VILE
morally despicable or abhorrent
The meaning of the word vile is morally despicable or abhorrent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| implode | to burst inward |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |