GRE Word List
AWFUL
extremely disagreeable or objectionable
The meaning of the word awful is extremely disagreeable or objectionable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |