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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| devious | wandering |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |