GRE Word List
GORY
covered with gore : bloodstained
The meaning of the word gory is covered with gore : bloodstained.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |