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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WordMeaning
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off
laitythe people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy
chipa small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
juxtaposeto place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
testyeasily annoyed : irritable
wilyfull of wiles : crafty
levityexcessive or unseemly frivolity
tentativenot fully worked out or developed
threatan expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage
pellucidadmitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion