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 |
|---|---|
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| prong | fork |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |