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 |
|---|---|
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |