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 |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| pummel | pound |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |