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 |
|---|---|
| doddering | feeble |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
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