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 |
|---|---|
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| devious | wandering |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |