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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| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| random | a haphazard course |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |