GRE Word List
GROSS
total; fragrant; clearly wrong; (of people's behavior) coarse; corpulent; Ex. gross insolence/behavior; V: earn as a total amount; N: 12 dozens
The meaning of the word gross is total; fragrant; clearly wrong; (of people's behavior) coarse; corpulent; Ex. gross insolence/behavior; V: earn as a total amount; N: 12 dozens.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| threadbare | worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses |
| felicity | happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.); quality of being felicitous |
| compact | agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex. compact statement |
| diaphanous | sheer; transparent |
| sundry | miscellaneous; various; several; N. sundries: small miscellaneous items |
| strident | loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency |
| ken | range of knowledge; Ex. beyond one's ken |
| stealth | action of moving secretly or unseen; slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness; ADJ. stealthy |
| canter | slow gallop; V. CF. trot |
| tightwad | miser; excessively frugal person |
