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 |
|---|---|
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |