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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| charlatan | quack |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |