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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dissuadeto advise (a person) against something
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
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decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
privyprivate
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
recapitulateto retell or restate briefly : summarize
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
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yokela naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town