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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| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
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| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
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