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 |
|---|---|
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |