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 |
|---|---|
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| frigid | intensely cold |