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 |
|---|---|
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| diadem | crown |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |