GRE Word List
LUGUBRIOUS
mournful
The meaning of the word lugubrious is mournful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| plait | pleat |