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 |
|---|---|
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| fleck | streak |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |