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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leery | suspicious |
ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
submissive | submitting to others |
vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
bliss | complete happiness |
resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
mannered | having manners of a specified kind |