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 |
|---|---|
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| entity | being |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |