GRE Word List
LUGUBRIOUS
mournful
The meaning of the word lugubrious is mournful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |