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 |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| arid | excessively dry |