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 |
|---|---|
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |