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
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run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
random | a haphazard course |
obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |