GRE Word List
INVIDIOUS
of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious
The meaning of the word invidious is of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious.
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|---|---|
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
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| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |