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 |
|---|---|
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |