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 |
|---|---|
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |