GRE Word List

MORBID

of, relating to, or characteristic of disease

The meaning of the word morbid is of, relating to, or characteristic of disease.

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formidablecausing fear, dread, or apprehension
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hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
baitto persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks
muskyhaving an odor of or resembling musk
swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
simplisticexcessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details
visionaryhaving or marked by foresight and imagination
belligerentinclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness
perforateto make a hole through