GRE Word List
GORY
covered with gore : bloodstained
The meaning of the word gory is covered with gore : bloodstained.
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| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
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| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
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| declivity | downward inclination |
| boor | peasant |
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