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 |
|---|---|
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
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| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |