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 |
|---|---|
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| 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 |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| broach | brooch |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| invalid | not valid: |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |