GRE Word List
HARROWING
acutely distressing or painful
The meaning of the word harrowing is acutely distressing or painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| prattle | prate |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| debonair | suave |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |