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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| quisling | traitor |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |