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 |
|---|---|
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| malediction | curse |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |