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 |
|---|---|
| attentive | mindful |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| gust | the sensation of taste |