GRE Word List
AWFUL
extremely disagreeable or objectionable
The meaning of the word awful is extremely disagreeable or objectionable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |