GRE Word List
AWFUL
extremely disagreeable or objectionable
The meaning of the word awful is extremely disagreeable or objectionable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |