GRE Word List

DIRE

exciting horror

The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.

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WordMeaning
documentproof
bruntthe principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)
espousemarry
maritalof or relating to marriage or the married state
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
healthyenjoying good health
bandyto discuss lightly or banteringly
granarya storehouse for threshed grain
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
depictto represent by or as if by a picture