GRE Word List
HARROWING
acutely distressing or painful
The meaning of the word harrowing is acutely distressing or painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| devious | wandering |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| countenance | look |