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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| collected | gathered together |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |