GRE Word List
VILE
morally despicable or abhorrent
The meaning of the word vile is morally despicable or abhorrent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |