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 |
|---|---|
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| brazen | made of brass |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| endue | provide |