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 |
|---|---|
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| chafe | irritate |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |