GRE Word List
ABASH
embarrass
The meaning of the word abash is embarrass.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aspersion | slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on |
| appease | pacify or soothe; Ex. appease a crying baby; N. appeasement |
| visionary | produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical; showing foresight; N: one having foresight; one given to speculative impractical ideas |
| erotic | pertaining to passionate love or sexual love |
| contend | struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly |
| facade | front or face (of building); superficial or false appearance |
| verbiage | pompous array of words; too many unnecessary words; wordiness |
| crabbed | sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting |
| forlorn | sad and lonely; wretched; desolate |
| insidious | treacherous; stealthy; sly; working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner; Ex. insidious spreading of dry rot |
