GRE Word List
DOUR
stern
The meaning of the word dour is stern.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |