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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
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| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |