GRE Word List
OVERWROUGHT
extremely excited : agitated
The meaning of the word overwrought is extremely excited : agitated.
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recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
contest | strive |
disputatious | inclined to dispute |
kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |