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 |
|---|---|
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| sublimate | sublime |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |