GRE Word List
FOUL
offensive to the senses : loathsome
The meaning of the word foul is offensive to the senses : loathsome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dull | tedious |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| arid | excessively dry |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| canny | clever |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |