GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demise | death |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| defalcate | deduct |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |