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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|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
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| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| privy | private |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
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| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |