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 |
|---|---|
| encompass | include |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| pliant | pliable |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |