GRE Word List
GROTESQUE
fantastic; comically hideous; strange and unnatural (causing fear or amusement)
The meaning of the word grotesque is fantastic; comically hideous; strange and unnatural (causing fear or amusement).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstract | theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational |
| miasma | swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence; noxious atmosphere or influence |
| fraught | filled (with something unpleasant); full; Ex. fraught with danger and difficulties; CF. freight |
| mundane | worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary; Ex. mundane existence; CF. world |
| fit | sudden outburst of an illness or feeling; convulsion caused by epilepsy |
| annuity | yearly allowance |
| herald | messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher |
| commandeer | take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposes |
| awry | distorted; crooked; bent; Ex. Our plans have gone awry. |
| obnoxious | offensive; disagreeable; Ex. obnoxious smell |
