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 |
|---|---|
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| submerge | to put under water |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| tome | book |