GRE Word List
LIVID
discolored by bruising : black-and-blue
The meaning of the word livid is discolored by bruising : black-and-blue.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |