GRE Word List
ABYSMAL
immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad
The meaning of the word abysmal is immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| shack | hut |
| flounder | flatfish |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |