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 |
|---|---|
| devious | wandering |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |