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 |
|---|---|
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |