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 |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |