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 |
|---|---|
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| shove | to push along |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |