GRE Word List
LUGUBRIOUS
mournful
The meaning of the word lugubrious is mournful.
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|---|---|
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |