GRE Word List
LOATHE
to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest
The meaning of the word loathe is to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| executor | one who executes something |
| alleviate | relieve |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| entity | being |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |