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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dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
immobility | not moving : motionless |
paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
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 |