GRE Word List
GHASTLY
terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening
The meaning of the word ghastly is terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| historic | historical |
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| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
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| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |