GRE Word List
LUGUBRIOUS
mournful
The meaning of the word lugubrious is mournful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| flounder | flatfish |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |