GRE Word List
FOUL
offensive to the senses : loathsome
The meaning of the word foul is offensive to the senses : loathsome.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
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| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
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