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 |
|---|---|
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| machinations | an act of machinating |