GRE Word List
LURID
causing horror or revulsion : gruesome
The meaning of the word lurid is causing horror or revulsion : gruesome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |