GRE Word List
HARROWING
agonizing; distressing; traumatic; V. harrow: break up and level (soil) with a harrow; inflict great distress on; agonize; N: farming machine to break up the earth
The meaning of the word harrowing is agonizing; distressing; traumatic; V. harrow: break up and level (soil) with a harrow; inflict great distress on; agonize; N: farming machine to break up the earth.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| languor | lack of physical or mental energy; lassitude; depression |
| irate | angry; CF. ire: anger; wrath |
| monastic | related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns |
| covert | secret; hidden; implied; OP. overt |
| palpable | tangible; (of something bad) easily perceptible; obvious; Ex. palpable blunder |
| descry | catch sight of (something distant) |
| gregarious | sociable; (of an animal) tending to form a group |
| slough | (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin); N: outer layer that is shed |
| adjourn | suspend until a later time; move from one place to another |
| disarray | state of disorder; a disorderly or untidy state; Ex. with her clothes in disarray |
