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 |
|---|---|
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |