GRE Word List
HARROWING
acutely distressing or painful
The meaning of the word harrowing is acutely distressing or painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |