GRE Word List
DISTRAUGHT
upset; distracted by anxiety; very anxious and troubled almost to the point of madness; Ex. distraught with grief/worry
The meaning of the word distraught is upset; distracted by anxiety; very anxious and troubled almost to the point of madness; Ex. distraught with grief/worry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kismet | fate; destiny; Ex. Kismet is the Arabic word for fate. |
| facile | easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitates an action; amenity; Ex. with great facility |
| thermal | pertaining to heat; producing heat; warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising current of warm air |
| char | make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion |
| secrete | conceal; hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism; CF. secretive |
| epic | long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero); ADJ: (of stories or events) resembling an epic; grand |
| upbraid | reprimand; severely scold |
| perspicuous | (of something) plainly expressed; easy to understand; Ex. perspicuous comments |
| maudlin | effusively sentimental |
| aghast | filled with great surprise or fear; horrified |
