GRE Word List

VILE

morally despicable or abhorrent

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

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WordMeaning
habitatthe place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
neologisma new word, usage, or expression
intractablenot easily governed, managed, or directed
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
epitheta characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing
touchymarked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
elusivetending to elude: such as
infestto spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb