GRE Word List
WANTON
merciless
The meaning of the word wanton is merciless.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| condign | deserved |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| 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 |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |