GRE Word List
HARROWING
acutely distressing or painful
The meaning of the word harrowing is acutely distressing or painful.
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impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
unregenerate | not regenerate |
mote | a small particle : speck |
invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
edict | a proclamation having the force of law |