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 |
|---|---|
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |