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 |
|---|---|
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| resign | relegate |