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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putativecommonly accepted or supposed
pessimisman inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome
adventitiouscoming from another source and not inherent or innate
consummateextremely skilled and accomplished
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
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graduatedmarked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement
dowseto plunge into water
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