GRE Word List
OVERWROUGHT
extremely excited : agitated
The meaning of the word overwrought is extremely excited : agitated.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| steep | lofty |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |