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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WordMeaning
passepast one's prime
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
banka mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
aberrantdeviating from the usual or natural type : atypical
carnagethe flesh of slain animals or humans
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
impenetrableincapable of being penetrated or pierced
interrogateto question formally and systematically