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 |
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| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |