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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| trenchant | keen |
| leave-taking | departure |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |