GRE Word List
ANGUISH
extreme pain, distress, or anxiety
The meaning of the word anguish is extreme pain, distress, or anxiety.
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jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
apparent | open to view : visible |
sleight | deceitful craftiness |
arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |