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 |
|---|---|
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| sublimate | sublime |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |