GRE Word List
VILE
morally despicable or abhorrent
The meaning of the word vile is morally despicable or abhorrent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |