GRE Word List
GRUESOME
inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly
The meaning of the word gruesome is inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stringent | tight |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| hap | happening |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |