GRE Word List
AWFUL
extremely disagreeable or objectionable
The meaning of the word awful is extremely disagreeable or objectionable.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| 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 |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |