GRE Word List
VERISIMILITUDE
the quality or state of being verisimilar
The meaning of the word verisimilitude is the quality or state of being verisimilar.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| dull | tedious |