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 |
|---|---|
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |