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 |
|---|---|
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| venue | locale |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |