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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WordMeaning
amassto collect for oneself : accumulate
depredationto lay waste : plunder
debuta first appearance
tauthaving no give or slack : tightly drawn
scrapsfragments of discarded or leftover food
bacchanalorgy
ablutionthe washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite)
tolla tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)
ancestryline of descent : lineage
nutrientfurnishing nourishment