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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subsumeto include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element
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affectedartificial; pretended
annexto attach as a quality, consequence, or condition
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raptlifted up and carried away