GRE Word List
CLOYING
disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess
The meaning of the word cloying is disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| influx | a coming in |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |