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 |
|---|---|
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| random | a haphazard course |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |