GRE Word List
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extreme pain, distress, or anxiety
The meaning of the word anguish is extreme pain, distress, or anxiety.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |