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 |
|---|---|
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |