GRE Word List
GRISLY
inspiring horror or intense fear
The meaning of the word grisly is inspiring horror or intense fear.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| finery | ornament |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |