GRE Word List

VILE

morally despicable or abhorrent

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

Random words

WordMeaning
dispassionatenot influenced by strong feeling
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
feralof, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast
grouseany of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds
noveltysomething new or unusual
sanctiona formal decree
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush
breedto produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation
adulationextreme or excessive admiration or flattery