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 |
|---|---|
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| giddy | dizzy |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |