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 |
|---|---|
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| remnant | a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |