GRE Word List
LUGUBRIOUS
mournful
The meaning of the word lugubrious is mournful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| sibling | sib |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |