GRE Word List

HARROWING

acutely distressing or painful

The meaning of the word harrowing is acutely distressing or painful.

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gloatto observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight
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intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
anomalousinconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular
taintto contaminate morally : corrupt
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chivalrousvaliant
doteto exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
tithea tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment