GRE Word List
ABYSMAL
bottomless
The meaning of the word abysmal is bottomless.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tumult | commotion of a great crowd; riot; noise; uproar; ADJ. tumultuous: noisy and disorderly |
| querulous | given to complaining; complaining; fretful; whining |
| reckon | count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose |
| inviolable | secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation); unassailable; Ex. inviolable oath/rights; N. inviolability |
| complaisant | trying to please; obliging; willing to please others |
| prefigure | be a sign of; foreshadow |
| disaffected | disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty |
| metaphor | implied comparison; CF. simile |
| adorn | decorate |
| umbrage | resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult; Ex. take umbrage at his rudeness |
