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 |
|---|---|
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |