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 |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |