GRE Word List

DIRE

exciting horror

The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.

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WordMeaning
antecedeprecede
sparenot being used
inchoatebeing only partly in existence or operation : incipient
covetousmarked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions
cynosurethe northern constellation Ursa Minor
dearthscarcity that makes dear
reprimanda severe or formal reproof
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
banallacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite