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 |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |