GRE Word List
APPALL
to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay
The meaning of the word appall is to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay.
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cadaver | a dead body |
parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
residual | remainder |
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embroider | to ornament with needlework |
superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |