GRE Word List

ODIOUS

arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful

The meaning of the word odious is arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful.

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WordMeaning
oatha solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says
effectiveproducing a decided, decisive, or desired effect
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
wantonmerciless
apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
festerto generate pus
arrhythmiclacking rhythm or regularity
causticcapable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary