GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exude | to ooze out |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| addle | rotten |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| significant | having meaning |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |