GRE Word List
GROSS
glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness
The meaning of the word gross is glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| pummel | pound |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |