GRE Word List
UNSAVORY
distasteful; disagreeable; morally offensive; Ex. unsavory activity/reputation
The meaning of the word unsavory is distasteful; disagreeable; morally offensive; Ex. unsavory activity/reputation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elaborate | work out carefully; add more detail or information; ADJ. |
| affliction | state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on |
| sound | in good condition; showing good judgment or good sense; thorough; complete; Ex. sound mind/investment/training |
| furrow | long shallow trench made by a plow; deep wrinkle in the skin; V. |
| shuffle | mix together; jumble; move (something) from one place to another; slide (the feet) along the ground while walking; Ex. shuffle papers from one pile to another; N. |
| slur | pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble |
| grandiloquent | (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic |
| titillate | tickle; excite pleasantly; Ex. not to titillate the audience but to enlighten it |
| paramour | illicit lover |
| denouement | final outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work; the end of a story when everything is explained |
