GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |