GRE Word List
INFERNAL
of or relating to a nether world of the dead
The meaning of the word infernal is of or relating to a nether world of the dead.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| modish | fashionable |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |