GRE Word List
AWFUL
extremely disagreeable or objectionable
The meaning of the word awful is extremely disagreeable or objectionable.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| brook | creek |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |