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 |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| debut | a first appearance |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| haggard | not tamed |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |