GRE Word List

LURID

causing horror or revulsion : gruesome

The meaning of the word lurid is causing horror or revulsion : gruesome.

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dodderingfeeble
winsomegenerally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy
tantruma fit of bad temper
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction
contrivedhaving an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial
felicitythe quality or state of being happy
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
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