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 |
|---|---|
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| sublimate | sublime |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| verge | brink |