The people of this Indus Valley civilization did not build massive monuments like their contemporaries, nor did they bury riches among their dead in golden tombs. There were no mummies, no emperors, and no violent wars or bloody battles in their territory.
enormity. n, pl-ties. 1. the quality or character of being outrageous; extreme wickedness. 2. an act of great wickedness; atrocity. 3. vastness of size or extent.
What you think it means: Something that's very big. What it actually means: The extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something that's bad or morally wrong. Can also mean a grave crime or sin. As in: We only just discovered the enormity of the crimes he committed..