GRE Word List

AWFUL

extremely disagreeable or objectionable

The meaning of the word awful is extremely disagreeable or objectionable.

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WordMeaning
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
axioma statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate
prognosisthe prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case
dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed
gobbleto swallow or eat greedily
honeto sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
aloftat or to a great height
sustenancemeans of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
grislyinspiring horror or intense fear