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 |
|---|---|
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| passe | past one's prime |
| 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 |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |