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 |
|---|---|
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |