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 |
|---|---|
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| actuary | clerk |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |