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 |
|---|---|
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| minuscule | very small |
| apprehend | arrest |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |