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 |
|---|---|
| ancillary | subordinate |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |