GRE Word List

GORY

covered with gore : bloodstained

The meaning of the word gory is covered with gore : bloodstained.

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etymologythe 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
exposeto deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition
precursorone that precedes and indicates the approach of another
exorciseto expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration
swear-wordword considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody''
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time
polarizeto cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
ravenousrapacious
severto put or keep apart : divide
correlateeither of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife)