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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| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |