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 |
|---|---|
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |