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 |
|---|---|
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |