GRE Word List
VILE
morally despicable or abhorrent
The meaning of the word vile is morally despicable or abhorrent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |