GRE Word List
GRISLY
inspiring horror or intense fear
The meaning of the word grisly is inspiring horror or intense fear.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
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