GRE Word List
HARROWING
acutely distressing or painful
The meaning of the word harrowing is acutely distressing or painful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |