GRE Word List
LUGUBRIOUS
mournful
The meaning of the word lugubrious is mournful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |