GRE Word List
HIDEOUS
offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
The meaning of the word hideous is offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| reek | smoke |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| executor | one who executes something |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |