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 |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| impuissance | weakness |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |