GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |