GRE Word List
DISTRAUGHT
agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain
The meaning of the word distraught is agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain.
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|---|---|
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
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