GRE Word List
MACABRE
having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
The meaning of the word macabre is having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |