GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |