GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| acme | the highest point or stage |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |