GRE Word List
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extreme pain, distress, or anxiety
The meaning of the word anguish is extreme pain, distress, or anxiety.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implication | something implied: such as |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| retribution | recompense |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |