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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| sublimate | sublime |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |