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 |
|---|---|
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| dingy | dirty |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |