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

WordMeaning
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
lionizeto treat as an object of great interest or importance
marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
incumbentthe holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
emasculateto deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken
contrivedevise
unwittingnot knowing : unaware
brazenmade of brass
factotuma person having many diverse activities or responsibilities
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)