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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martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
catcalla loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event)
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