GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
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|---|---|
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| suppliant | supplicant |
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| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |