GRE Word List
AWFUL
extremely disagreeable or objectionable
The meaning of the word awful is extremely disagreeable or objectionable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |