wanton
marked by reckless cruelty or a deliberate disregard for restraint
Wanton in a sentence
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The report condemned the wanton destruction of villages during the raid.
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Verbal · Sentence Equivalence
Once a blank supporter of the policy, the governor now denounces it at every opportunity, embarrassed that she ever endorsed it.
More GRE words starting with W
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to sing with trilling, modulated notes
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