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 |
|---|---|
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |