egregious
outstandingly bad
Roots
- -ous / -ious: full of or marked by a quality
- e- / ex-: out, out of, away, or forth
- greg: flock
Other words with the greg root
- aggregate: to collect into a whole; total amount
- congregate: to gather together
- gregarious: sociable; fond of groups
- segregate: to separate from a group
Egregious once stood out from the flock; now it stands out badly.
The essay had one egregious error that distracted from an otherwise strong argument.