GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| calorific | caloric |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| sophist | philosopher |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |