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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genuflect | to bend the knee |
intermediary | mediator |
jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
discretion | individual choice or judgment |
flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |