GRE Word List

VILE

morally despicable or abhorrent

The meaning of the word vile is morally despicable or abhorrent.

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WordMeaning
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
corpulenthaving a large bulky body : obese
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
sheerunqualified
transientpassing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory
trickleto issue or fall in drops
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
verdigrisa green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates
miniaturea copy on a much reduced scale