GRE Word List

CHAGRIN

disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure

The meaning of the word chagrin is disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure.

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bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
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debaseto lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
supplicantone who supplicates
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subpoenaa writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
strewto spread by scattering
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