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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| refrain | curb |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| opulence | wealth |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| bulk | magnitude |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |