GRE Word List
GRUEL
a thin porridge
The meaning of the word gruel is a thin porridge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| residual | remainder |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |