GRE Word List
LIVID
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The meaning of the word livid is discolored by bruising : black-and-blue.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| demise | death |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |