GRE Word List
GRUESOME
inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly
The meaning of the word gruesome is inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
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| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |