GRE Word List

WANTON

merciless

The meaning of the word wanton is merciless.

Random words

WordMeaning
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
mannerismexaggerated or affected (see affected
privyprivate
humanitariana person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
sedentarynot migratory : settled
consonantbeing in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")