GRE Word List
OBNOXIOUS
odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive
The meaning of the word obnoxious is odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| countenance | look |
| modish | fashionable |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |