GRE Word List
HARROWING
acutely distressing or painful
The meaning of the word harrowing is acutely distressing or painful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| privy | private |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| accessible | capable of being reached |