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 |
|---|---|
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| prank | trick |