GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| submerge | to put under water |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |