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 |
|---|---|
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |