GRE Word List
INSIDIOUS
having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle
The meaning of the word insidious is having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| extant | currently or actually existing |