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Word: atrocity

Definition: brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious


More Vocab Words

::: overblown - inflated; exaggerated
::: recondite - abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret
::: yield - amount produced; crop; income on investment; profit obtained from an investment; V: produce; give in; surrender
::: throb - (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently; N. Ex. hearthrob: heartbeat; sweetheart
::: exposure - risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open; Ex. exposure of governmental corruption
::: nirvana - in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude
::: divest - strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment)
::: vortex - whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged
::: palatial - of or suitable for a palace; magnificent
::: indiscriminate - choosing at random; confused; not based on careful distinctions