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 |
|---|---|
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| resign | relegate |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| haggard | not tamed |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |