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 |
|---|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |