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 |
|---|---|
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| provenance | origin |