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 |
|---|---|
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |