GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |