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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| frigid | intensely cold |
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| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |