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 |
|---|---|
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
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| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |