GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |