SAT vocabulary
Egregious
Conspicuously bad or reprehensible.
Example
"The student's egregious errors on the essay resulted in a failing grade."
Etymology
From Latin egregius 'distinguished, eminent', literally 'standing out from the flock', from ex 'out of' + grex, gregis 'flock'. The word originally meant 'remarkably good', but evolved to its present negative meaning.
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