GRE Word List
WANTON
merciless
The meaning of the word wanton is merciless.
Random words
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inopportune | inconvenient |
corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |