GRE Word List
LUGUBRIOUS
mournful
The meaning of the word lugubrious is mournful.
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| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
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| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |