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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| refrain | curb |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |