GRE Word List
DIRE
exciting horror
The meaning of the word dire is exciting horror.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| clown | farmer |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |