GRE Word List
ANGUISH
extreme pain, distress, or anxiety
The meaning of the word anguish is extreme pain, distress, or anxiety.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |