GRE Word List
CONSTERNATION
amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
The meaning of the word consternation is amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |