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 |
|---|---|
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| haggard | not tamed |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| clime | climate |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |