GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |