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 |
|---|---|
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| provenance | origin |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |