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 |
|---|---|
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |