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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|---|---|
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
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