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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
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| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |