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 |
|---|---|
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| indite | make up |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |