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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WordMeaning
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
implicationsomething implied: such as
proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith
desecrateto violate the sanctity of : profane
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
vexto bring trouble, distress, or agitation to
belieto give a false impression of
slanderto utter slander against : defame
pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something