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 |
|---|---|
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |