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.

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surmisea thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude
paraphrasea restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
inscrutablenot readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious
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savoryhaving savor: such as
hydrophobiarabies
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
postmortemdone, occurring, or collected after death