GRE Word List
LUGUBRIOUS
mournful; sorrowful
The meaning of the word lugubrious is mournful; sorrowful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| figment | invention; something invented; imaginary thing; Ex. figment of your imagination |
| cadaverous | like a corpse; pale |
| shard | fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup) |
| disembark | debark; go ashore (from a ship); unload cargo from a ship; CF. embark |
| sodden | thoroughly soaked; dull or stupid as if from drink |
| paraphernalia | equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; Ex. photographic paraphernalia; CF. married woman's property exclusive of her dowry |
| impair | injure; hurt; damage |
| historic | important in history; Ex. historic battle |
| forge | counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated |
| floe | flat mass of floating ice |