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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betrothto promise to marry
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
intractablenot easily governed, managed, or directed
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unanimitythe quality or state of being unanimous
laudpraise
delveexcavate
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plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
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