GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |