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 |
|---|---|
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| blackball | to vote against |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
