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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |