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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musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
raiment | clothing |
proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |