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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| paltry | inferior |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |